verb
Meaning 1
To put out of place; to disarrange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outplace
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
displace
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪsˈpleɪs/
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UK: /dɪzˈpleɪs/
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US: /dɪsˈpleɪs/
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rhymes with -eɪs
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S P L EY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Electronic calculators soon displaced the older mechanical kind.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To repress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Move those boxes into the corner, please
- I'm moving my money to another bank
- The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: move
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: mobilize, mobilise, circulate, relocate, dislocate, luxate, splay, slip, translate, station, post, send, place, agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up, transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise, funnel, brandish, flourish, wave, pull, draw, force, carry, tug, disarrange, put, set, pose, position, lay, engage, mesh, lock, operate, propel, impel, launch, set in motion, wind, wrap, roll, twine, unwind, wind off, unroll, wedge, squeeze, work, spill, shed, disgorge, slop, splatter, unseat, separate, disunite, divide, part, uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out, press down, depress, lift, flick, ruffle, riffle, take back, center, centre, pump, scan, jar, bump around, dandle, revolve, push, rock, sway, fluctuate, pulse, shift, dislodge, reposition, glide, stir, play, overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over, ship, direct, saltate, lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down, raise, elevate, get up, bring up, drop, sink, advance, bring forward, chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off, displace, herd, crowd, pass around, pass on, distribute, rout out, force out, rouse, drive, race, rush, woosh, whoosh, pour, exteriorize, bring outside, upstage, swing, turn, slide, run, whistle, beat, flap, singsong, hustle, wash, rake, blow, drag, lateralize, hit, strike, sling, change hands, change owners, expel, throw out, kick out
verb
Meaning 8
cause to move, usually with force or pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the refugees were displaced by the war
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
Narrower terms: dislocate, dislodge, bump, transplant, transfer, force out, crowd out, evacuate, uproot, deracinate
verb
Meaning 9
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove
Narrower terms: retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off, squeeze out, dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
verb
Meaning 10
take the place of or have precedence over
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
- discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: preempt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
History
Etymology
From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: desnonar — to move something or someone
- Dutch: onthemen — to move something or someone
- Finnish: siirtää — to move something or someone
- Finnish: pakkosiirtää — to move something or someone
- German: umsiedeln — to move something or someone
- German: vertreiben — to move something or someone
- German: verschieben — to move something or someone
- German: verlagern — to move something or someone
- Hungarian: elmozdít — to move something or someone
- Hungarian: kimozdít — to move something or someone
- Hungarian: kiszorít — to move something or someone
- Hungarian: (relocate, resettle) kitelepít — to move something or someone
- Ido: diplasar — to move something or someone
- Ido: desplasizar — to move something or someone
- Latin: luxō — to move something or someone
- Portuguese: deslocar — to move something or someone
- Spanish: desahuciar — to move something or someone
- Spanish: desplazar — to move something or someone
- Spanish: desterrar — to move something or someone
- Ukrainian: переміщати (peremiščaty) — to move something or someone
- Ukrainian: перемісти́ти (peremistýty) — to move something or someone
- Bulgarian: замествам (zamestvam) — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Catalan: suplantar — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Finnish: korvata — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- German: verdrängen — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Hungarian: helyettesít — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Hungarian: behelyettesít — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Hungarian: felvált — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Hungarian: helyébe lép — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Hungarian: átveszi a helyét — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Italian: rimpiazzare — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Italian: sostituire — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Spanish: desplazar — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Spanish: reprimir — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Spanish: reemplazar — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Spanish: substituir — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Spanish: suplantar — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Spanish: desbancar — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Ukrainian: витісняти (vytisnjaty) — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Ukrainian: заміщати (zamiščaty) — to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute
- Bulgarian: измествам (izmestvam) — to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced
- Catalan: desplaçar — to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced
- Catalan: desallotjar — to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced
- Finnish: syrjäyttää — to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced
- Hungarian: kiszorít — to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced